Karchana is a town in

Prayagraj district Prayagraj district, formerly known as Allahabad district, is the most populous Districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Prayagraj city is the district headquarters of this district. The District is divided in ...

in the

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. The town is administered by a Village panchayat system. Karchana lies in the central part of the Prayagraj district. The town is located 21 km south of

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

, the district headquarters. Karchana is one of eight

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

s in Prayagraj district.

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{{Authority control Cities and towns in Prayagraj district

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